1. Who is being interviewed? Bessie Smith
2. What is his/her title or position? A tent performer/ blues singer. Symbol of the Racism of the South.
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? African American, Female, 43 years old.
4. Where is the interview taking place? Its a biography (not an interview)
5. What is the date of the interview? (There is none)
6. Who is the interviewer? Article is by:Spark Notes
Bessie Smith had little oppertunities in life because of her color. Bessie was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1894 just 20 years after the Emancipation Proclamation had freed all African-Americans. Bessie discovered herself out of the city as a tent performer. She was very talented at what she did, she later became a wonderful blues singer, with stock markets crashing that time was the perfect time to start a music career. Many singers became alcoholic and thats exactly what Smith became. She was on Prohibition because of all her drinking problems. Bessie Smith has long been considered a symbol of the racism of the south. The legend surrounding her untimely death in 1937 happened in a car accident. People say Bessie died because she was turned away from a white hospital rather than because of the severity of her injuries; this act is an act of racism. My impression on what I just read is very intense judgement. I can't believe Bessie died because she was rejected from a white hospital. I can't imagine living in that time!
Second Person
1.Who is being interviewed?
2.What is his/her title or position?
3Where is the interview taking place?
4.What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
5.What is the date of the interview? (if there is one)
6.Who is the interviewer?
Third Person:
1.Who is being interviewed?
2.What is his/her title or position?
3.Where is the interview taking place?
4.What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
5.What is the date of the interview? (if there is one)
6.Who is the interviewer?
Describe what you read or heard.
What are your impressions?
Summarize questions and responses.
Do not include every question and response.
Select those that best tell the story of the individual being interviewed.
Include direct quotes, using quotation marks when needed.
What are your impressions of the interviewee, based on what you have heard or read? * Include your personal observations and judgments about the interview.
Always anchor subjective responses in the data of the interview.
First Person
1. Who is being interviewed? Bessie Smith2. What is his/her title or position? A tent performer/ blues singer. Symbol of the Racism of the South.
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? African American, Female, 43 years old.
4. Where is the interview taking place? Its a biography (not an interview)
5. What is the date of the interview? (There is none)
6. Who is the interviewer? Article is by:Spark Notes
Bessie Smith had little oppertunities in life because of her color. Bessie was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1894 just 20 years after the Emancipation Proclamation had freed all African-Americans. Bessie discovered herself out of the city as a tent performer. She was very talented at what she did, she later became a wonderful blues singer, with stock markets crashing that time was the perfect time to start a music career. Many singers became alcoholic and thats exactly what Smith became. She was on Prohibition because of all her drinking problems. Bessie Smith has long been considered a symbol of the racism of the south. The legend surrounding her untimely death in 1937 happened in a car accident. People say Bessie died because she was turned away from a white hospital rather than because of the severity of her injuries; this act is an act of racism. My impression on what I just read is very intense judgement. I can't believe Bessie died because she was rejected from a white hospital. I can't imagine living in that time!
Second Person
1.Who is being interviewed?2.What is his/her title or position?
3Where is the interview taking place?
4.What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
5.What is the date of the interview? (if there is one)
6.Who is the interviewer?
Third Person:
1.Who is being interviewed?2.What is his/her title or position?
3.Where is the interview taking place?
4.What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
5.What is the date of the interview? (if there is one)
6.Who is the interviewer?